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We are an active Chapter of veterans and allies who abide by the Veterans For Peace Statement of Purpose and our motto - Peace at Home, Peace Abroad. There will never be international peace until there is domestic peace. The Chicago Chapter is working on many fronts to engage the community in dialogue about militarization and its human, financial and environmental costs. Look over the web site. Check our Facebook and Twitter - DeMilitarizeCPS. See EducationNotMilitarization.org. Sign up for our email list. Join us! See "Calendar" for meeting dates.

VFP is an international 501(c)3 organization founded in 1985. VFP is the only veterans organization in the world that is recognized by the United Nations. The Chapter tax # is: 26-0064830. To donate or for questions, please contact the Coordinator ARNY STIEBER at 734-216-1814.

Veterans from any branch of the military are invited to join Veterans For Peace. Family members and friends are encouraged to join at the Associate Level. Please sign up or renew your membership below. Be a part of this growing movement!

Militarization of schools is a national epidemic with Chicago Public Schools being the most militarized. Over 10,000 Chicago children are learning the military model of conflict resolution by violence. www.NoMilitary.org There will never be international peace without domestic peace and children are the key.

The main focus of VFP is to abolish war. People are incited into war (as a solution to conflict) based on fear, and superiority. War can be abolished (like slavery was) when people join together as equals - thereby reducing fear and superiority. By joining in the demonstrations against police violence, police militarization, and racial profiling, we, as VFP, are working to abolish the military model of conflict resolution by violence and therefore war.

CPS is the most militarized public school system in the country with over 9,000 children receiving military training. The myth is that the military teaches discipline. The reality is that the military teaches children to follow orders without question and to use the military solution to conflict resolution – that is, death and destruction.